City to Axe From the Bottem of the Staff First.

Oh my... let's lay off the lowest paid individuals and give the "Acting City Manager" a raise while he works for other out of city Non Profits. Let's continue to pay the former City Manager while he is on sick leave and not Disability. Let's continue to send City Council Members on Trips to San Diego, and other places. Let's continue to pay the City Council Members a 200.00 gas stipend for "City" business without any records of how the money was spent in use of their own cars or where or with whom they met.

Heck, let's take away teachers from children... child care workers, they are not so important are they... They show up and earn their wages. They don't go work as a volunteer for other people. They don't spend city money and time having private parties.

The need for a maintenance manager was created by the Mayor and City Manager and Acting City Manager by their taking over the parkways and pocket parks and over planting the Islands in the streets and parkways along Barton Rd. Will we see the City Council in the heat or cold taking care of these plants that cause driving blind spots? Does the City Mayor know how to fix a sprinkler head? Perhaps she will personally clean the toilets at the parks.

How about a pay reduction of all Management Staff... No Manager in Grand Terrace should earn more than $75,000.00 which is well above the average income of Grand Terrace Citizens.

And having the idea the Former City Manager Tom Schwab will be returning to work as the Finance Manager give me a break... there is a screaming conflict of interest there...

Citizens Need to be alerted to how the City is thinking of making budget cuts... Cut the raises of the Management to the levels of reason, and if that is not enough for them to stay at work and be at work when they are supposed to be working for Grand Terrace, then they should find employment somewhere else. Has the point been made YET?

Who are these "Staff" members suggesting these particular folks are axed? I bet it is not comming from the Staff being Axed...

Grand Terrace council to weigh five layoffs
Stephen Wall, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/05/2009 07:51:26 PM PST

GRAND TERRACE - The City Council will have a special meeting tonight to consider laying off five employees.
Staff members are recommending cutting the full-time positions of maintenance supervisor and planning secretary and eliminating three positions in the city-run child-care center.
The hours of two other positions in the child-care center also would be reduced.
The city would save $205,737 per year with the layoffs and decreased work hours, according to a city report.
Officials say the layoffs are necessary because of the state budget crisis.
Like other cities, Grand Terrace fears that Sacramento might use local money to balance a budget shortfall that could exceed $40 billion in the next 18 months.
"Fiscally, we are in good shape," said acting City Manager Steve Berry. "We don't know what the state is going to do. If we don't do something now, it could be worse in a year or two."
City services such as police and fire protection are not being cut, Berry said.
The meeting is at 6 tonight in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 22795 Barton Road.